Mr Murchison, tragically, was on his final patrol before resigning. As for Mr Kelly, a senior inspector, it was his first patrol after taking up duties in Bundaberg about a month before. The men would normally not have ventured so far north around Bustard Bay, but with the Gladstone inspector on leave, the duo decided to take up the patrol. On June 24, an oar and hat were found at Jenny Lind Creek around noon, prompting a full-scale search of land, air and sea. The search was called off when torn and ripped clothing, that looked like it had been in the jaws of sharks, was discovered.
Aerial view of the township of 1770 on the Discovery Coast, Queensland. Pic Tourism Queensland.
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Ian Browne is a writer based on the Tweed. He has written for numerous magazines and has a travel book on its way.
Ian wrote this piece about the impacts of Covid on the 1770/Agnes Water region after a visit there this month. Â Seventeen Seventy has long been held with much regard, though to many it remains a mystery. It s one of those paradises that people talk about - I hope to go there one day or I could have purchased a few acres there in the 90s, and now it s worth a ton!
Aerial view of the township of 1770 on the Discovery Coast, Queensland. Pic Tourism Queensland.
Travel Ian Browne
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Ian Browne is a writer based on the Tweed. He has written for numerous magazines and has a travel book on its way.
Ian wrote this piece about the impacts of Covid on the 1770/Agnes Water region after a visit there this month. Â Seventeen Seventy has long been held with much regard, though to many it remains a mystery. It s one of those paradises that people talk about - I hope to go there one day or I could have purchased a few acres there in the 90s, and now it s worth a ton!